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I hope this is useful for all you GSB aspirants out there. https://blog.clearadmit.com/2007/07/chi ... 2007-2008/ Reproduced in full below Essay 1: Why are you pursuing an MBA at this point in your career? Describe your personal and professional goals and the role an MBA from the University of Chicago GSB plays in your plans to reach these goals. (1,500 word maximum) Our general guidelines for the standard career goals essay apply to this document, but the above-average length and the nature of Chicago’s other questions add another strategic consideration. While the second and third essays certainly provide ample opportunity to share information about oneself, there really isn’t much room for narrative. This is a distinct contrast from schools like Stanford and MIT, which ask applicants to recount the details of their actions in several specific kinds of situations across the application essays. With this in mind, Chicago applicants might want to use a portion of their 1500 words in this essay to briefly share the details of some professional achievements and significant experiences. Essay 2: If you could step into someone else’s shoes for a day, who would it be and why? (500 word maximum) The most common trap that applicants fall into when answering this question is writing more about the person whose shoes he or she would choose to occupy than about the reasons for this selection and the way it fits into his or her candidacy. While this can be a fun question with an answer that is sure to be telling, it’s important not to lose sight of what should be the main objective of one’s application: sharing impressive information about oneself that is relevant to one’s business school candidacy. Selecting a prominent figure whose work is in line with one’s professional goals or favorite hobby can be a great strategy for producing an interesting essay that allows for detail about the applicant’s background as well. Essay 3: We have asked for a great deal of information throughout this application. In this portion of the application, we invite you tell us about yourself using a non-traditional application format–a PowerPoint presentation. In four slides or less, please provide readers with content that captures who you are. This approach isn’t exactly revolutionary - Stern’s usual Essay 3 asks for a personal expression that gives candidates complete freedom with content and medium (except for the exclusion of edible/perishable personal expressions) - but it does speak to Chicago’s interest in a candidate’s interests and personality. While all this “white space” might be daunting to some, an easy way to approach this process is to ask oneself a few simple questions. Are there four personal themes to which you would like to devote a slide each? Would you prefer to use the four frames to create a sense of progression through a day, event or activity? We’re hesitant to provide too much guidance given the free-form nature of the task; the best advice we can offer is to think about who you are (and how this might be of interest to the GSB adcom), consider how you could translate this into words and images, and then try it out. Showing the initial result to someone who knows you well could be a great way to determine how successful this draft is. Good luck, and have fun! ***Updated applicant list: 1/9/08 RiverRipper

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I did that.

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Is it possible to drop off your official transcript when interviewing on campus or is it better to mail it to the admissions office ? What have people done so far ?

so did you drop it at the admissions office or gave it to the interviewer ? i assume dropping it off at the admissions office would be better?

Also, how did you finally get to campus ? Metra -> #6 -> cab or Metra-> 59th street ->cab ??

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I gave it to the folks who were at the front office where I reported for my interview. I took the cab because my friend's apartment was near the navy pier and the cab cost me like 20 bucks.

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On one hand, after hearing about everyones interview experiences I am glad that my interview is this weekend so that I have more time to prepare. On the other hand, I kind of wish that it was last weekend because now I probably feel more nervous knowing what awaits me.

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Even I did that. I had sent in an email to the adcom asking them of this and they said it would be OK to submit it while on campus even though it was a Saturday.
You might want to double check ahead of time, especially if your interview is on a Saturday.

There was at least one person in the adcom office when I was at the Harper center and I handed it off to her. Joanne (the person in charge of financial aid advised me to do so)

Good Luck!

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Is it possible to drop off your official transcript when interviewing on campus or is it better to mail it to the admissions office ? What have people done so far ?

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Just curious to know if the GSB interview is a make-or-break deal or just another data point...

I would tend to agree with NC in that it could be a weeding out process. However, I also overheard a student mentioning some crazy facts like only 100 admits going out in round one etc.
Dunno how true that is but if it is...I would assume there should be many more invites/admits to go.

Any thoughts???????

Rhyme....could that be true?

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LOL who said 100 people were admitted in round 1? I can't do a search in the community directory for "incoming students", but anyone who was admitted in round 1 can. Ask one of them to. Its not exact (transfers and other things show up too), but it gives you a rough idea.

I assure you that far more than 100 were admitted. Even with 80% yield, which is probably high, that would only be 80 people attending. Considering that traditionally R1 applications are usually the strongest, I'd expect to see at least 1/3 of admits in R1, if not more (considering R3 is usually small). Assuming this year is like last year, I believe there were about 300 or so people in the community directory in R1 last year.

Also, Interview is not make or break.

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looking at the community directory it looks like 300+ admits in R1

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What is Chicago GSB's yield (on average)?

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I was shocked too.. I don't remember the name (Nupur do you ?, the guy we met at the cafeteria...?)
He said something like they'd probably be looking for 300 more given that "100" number for R1.

Dabots...thanks for looking it up. Helps clarify things a lot...

Also, it is comforting to know that the interviews are not make or break. In fact I looked up the chat transcripts from the GSb site and found this....

Rose: The slides are very helpful as we finalize decisions, but play a very small role in the first point evaluation - at the point of the invitation to interview.
If the adcom goes by what Rose says...the slides will play an important part.

In any case, the long wait has now begun... 37 odds days to go. Is there any chance that they might start sending decisions ahead of March 26th?

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looking at the community directory it looks like 300+ admits in R1

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I can assure that it was more than 100, from an e-mail I received from Rose, they admitted around 7 Brazilians including me, it wasn't an e-mail telling that, it was a scholarship institution for Brazilian and I could see 7 addresses.

Considering that they admit around 14 every year - which is around the 3% band GSB has for us, hehehe - I'd say that they already admitted around 250 students.

I may be wrong, but only 100 with 7 Brazilians, would be too many Brazilians for diversity... just that...

Hahaha I know I can assure but I may be wrong :shock:

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What is Chicago GSB's yield (on average)?

Its not published. The last known figure I think was 67%, from a few years ago on BW. I would imagine that its probably a bit higher with the rank and all. Whatever it is, its likely somewhere in the 65 to 75 range, on par with Wharton and Kellogg and other similarly ranked schools.

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Just wanted to let people know that I have an interview!! Needless to say I'm delighted. I have to admit I was starting to lose hope.

I would like to thank all the contributors to this forum, you've all helped me immensely. I certainly wouldn't have made it without you. I'll obviously post a transcript of my interview as soon as I get through it.

Thanks again to everybody.

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For those who went through this in Rd1, did anyone receive an interview invite within the last two days? That would leave the rest of us with some hope for Tues and Wed.

Thanks,
RG

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For those who went through this in Rd1, did anyone receive an interview invite within the last two days? That would leave the rest of us with some hope for Tues and Wed.

Thanks,
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kwam .. at present, what's the likelihood of you going to Chicago vs MIT? I remember that it was 60% Chicago vs 40% MIT, right?

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kwam .. at present, what's the likelihood of you going to Chicago vs MIT? I remember that it was 60% Chicago vs 40% MIT, right?

Neo, there are days that I'm MIT, there are days I'm GSB. I just don't like looking to the weather report here and see a -17 degrees Celsius of maximum (MAN THAT'S COLD). Today it was a GSB day, I talked to many GSB alumni and they encouraged me even to stop working right now :lol:

Anyway, I'm going to US, I have a close buddy who's living in Milwaukee, and I will take my decision, I know I can't do wrong with neither of them but right now I think I'm heading to the C city. But still MIT sounds like a non stopping bell in my head...

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kwam .. at present, what's the likelihood of you going to Chicago vs MIT? I remember that it was 60% Chicago vs 40% MIT, right?

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ROFL @ Rhyme's venti quadruple expresso induced post.

Rhyme, if you ever have some free time, come over to Time Square and stand with the other preachers and feed us the truth! I think you'll totally blend in - even with the He-Man references. :lol: